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Local Officers.
Power to Local Boards to appoint Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances, Clerk, Treasurer, &c.
Same Person may be Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances, but not Clerk and Treasurer.
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XXXVII. And be it enacted, That the Local Board of Health shall from Time to Time appoint fit and proper Persons to be Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances, Clerk, and Treasurer for the Purposes of this Act, and shall appoint or employ such Collectors and other Officers and Servants as may be necessary and proper for the efficient Execution of this Act, and shall make Bye Laws for regulating the Duties and Conduct of the several Officers and Servants so appointed or employed; and the said Local Board may pay, out of the General District Rates to be levied under this Act, to such Officers and Servants, such reasonable Salaries, Wages, or Allowances as the said Local Board may think proper; and every such Officer and Servant shall be removable by the said Local Board at their Pleasure, subject nevertheless, in the Case of the Removal of the Surveyor, to the Approval of the General Board of Health: Provided always, that the same Person may be both Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances; but neither the Person holding the Office of Treasurer, nor his Partner, nor any Person in the Service or Employ of them or either of them, shall hold, be eligible to, or shall in any Manner assist or officiate in the Office of Clerk; and neither the Person holding the Office of Clerk, nor his Partner, nor any Person in the Service or Employ of them or either of them, shall hold, be eligible to, or shall in any Manner assist or officiate in the Office of Treasurer; and whosoever offends in any of the Cases enumerated in this Proviso shall forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds, which may be recovered by any Person, with full Costs of Suit, by Action of Debt.
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